backside

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backside

  • /ˈbækˌsaɪd/

Where it comes from

From back + side.

noun backsides · back-side · back side

  1. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly I gazed uncomprehendedly at the unfinished backside of the wall of the next room and wondered what had happened to my face.
  2. The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse. The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti.

    Similar: backhouse

  3. euphemistic A person's buttocks. Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside.

    Similar: rear

  4. obsolete The back side of a page: a verso.

    Similar: verso

  5. figuratively The reverse or opposite of anything. ...to endorse him on the backside of posterity, not a golden, but a brazen Asse...
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.

adjective back-side · back side

  1. not comparable Approaching an obstacle backward.

Opposite: frontside

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ass, bottom, derriere, seat, tush, rear, bum, keister, buns, butt, arse, tooshie, rump, rear end, tail end, back end

adjective

Opposite: frontside

Translations

Every language

noun back side of something

Españollado posterior
日本語裏面 rimen
中文後方 /后方 hòufāng, 背面 bèimiàn
हिन्दीपिछवाड़ा pichvāṛā
Portuguêstraseira
DeutschHinterteil
Italianolato posteriore
Românăpartea posterioară, partea dorsală

noun buttocks

Españoltrasero
日本語お尻 o-shiri
中文臀部 túnbù, 臀 tún, 屁股 pìgu
हिन्दीनितंब nitamb, कूल्हा kūlhā
Portuguêstraseiro
Françaisarrière
DeutschHintern, Gesäß
Italianosedere, di dietro
Românăfund
Русскийза́дница zádnica, зад zad

adj adjective

Françaisbackside

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@misc{backside_2026,
  title = {backside},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backside},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}